42 U.S.C. § 18361 — Sense of Congress on the Space Shuttle program
submitted 16 years ago by Pub. L. 111-267 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 181 words · no verdicts yet
Congress found that the Space Shuttle program is a national treasure that carried hundreds of astronauts from many countries into space. Congress believes retiring the Shuttle and moving to new spacecraft should honor that legacy. It also says the U.S. must keep the skills and industry needed to build a new rocket.
(a) Findings. Congress made three findings. The Space Shuttle program is a national asset with critical skills and abilities, including lifting large payloads into space and bringing them back to Earth. The Shuttle has carried more than 355 people from 16 countries into space. And the Shuttle has shown the best of American values around the world, inspiring the dreams of young people and others everywhere.
(b) Sense of Congress. Congress states its view on two points. Retiring the Shuttle and moving to new human spaceflight capabilities must be done in a way that builds on this national asset's legacy. And it's critical for the United States to keep the skills and industrial capability to build a follow-on Space Launch System* — one mainly designed for missions beyond near-Earth space*, but that could also help replace some of the Shuttle's delivery capability to low-Earth orbit, especially to support the ISS* if needed.
Congress makes the following findings:
The Space Shuttle program represents a national asset consisting of critical skills and capabilities, including the ability to lift large payloads into space and return them to Earth.
The Space Shuttle has carried more than 355 people from 16 nations into space.
The Space Shuttle has projected the best of American values around the world, and Space Shuttle crews have sparked the imagination and dreams of the world’s youth and young at heart.
It is the sense of Congress that—
it is essential that the retirement of the Space Shuttle and the transition to new human space flight capabilities be done in a manner that builds upon the legacy of this national asset; and
it is imperative for the United States to retain the skills and the industrial capability to provide a follow-on Space Launch System* that is primarily designed for missions beyond near-Earth space*, while offering some potential for supplanting shuttle delivery capabilities to low-Earth orbit, particularly in support of ISS* requirements, if necessary.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 111–267, title VI, § 601, Oct. 11, 2010, 124 Stat. 2828.)
- 2010Enacted · Pub. L. 111-267 · 124 Stat. 2828
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